Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Bestsellers: ‘How to Read a Book,’ ‘The Demon of Unrest’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Smaller shows at a trio of Maine galleries help usher in autumn
Hyperrealism in the gloaming, talk of trees and a sampling of sketches will lure you to Woolwich, Monson and Portland.
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Society Notebook: Black Excellence Awards honors Mainers who are ‘filling in the gaps’
The Third Place gave out awards to leaders in politics, journalism, medicine, tourism and more.
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‘Little Shop of Horrors’ brings off-the-wall spirit to Ogunquit
Latrice Royale steals the show as insatiable plant Audrey II.
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The new ‘Reagan’ biopic is not a great communicator
If you were a recent arrival from Alpha Centauri and approached the new biopic “Reagan” with no knowledge of America’s 40th president, here’s what you might learn: He was an actor who made one notable movie and a lot of TV commercials. He hated communism and Soviet Russia, and the Germans tore down the Berlin […]
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A play on parenting, featuring a puppet, closes out Portland Theater Festival
‘Wolf Play’ runs through Sept. 8.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Not-quite documentary ‘Those Who Wait’ depicts doomsday cult in Maine
The Maine-set and -shot film is showing at Space on Saturday.
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Society Notebook: Fashion models tell their stories in style at Maine Jewish Museum
The Aug. 8 fundraiser benefited the Portland museum’s programming.
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Deep Water: ‘Morning Dip in Penobscot Bay,’ by Elizabeth Boquet
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.